Dresden

//ˈdɹɛzdən// name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A variety of china, originally manufactured in the city, but manufactured in Meissen from the 18th century. uncountable
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    The capital city of Saxony, Germany, on the River Elbe.
  2. 2
    A village in Kent County, Ontario, Canada.
  3. 3
    A town, the county seat of Weakley County, Tennessee, United States.
  4. 4
    The Bombing of Dresden. metonymically

    "The actual total hardly matters: if Dresden was indeed a war crime, just one death would make it so."

Synonyms

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dresdenwaremeissenware

Example

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"Dresden was known as Florence on the Elbe."

Etymology

Borrowed from German Dresden (“Dresden”) in the 1730s, from Middle High German Dresden, from a Sorbian source akin to Lower Sorbian Drježdźany, ultimately from Proto-Slavic *dręzga, of which the locative case is *dręzdzě.

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county seatweakley county

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